Comparison

Control vs Goose

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Control

An elegant budgeting app designed for clarity and control over your finances. It offers features like voice transaction entry, bill splitting, and AI-powered financial insights. Track expenses, manage multiple jobs, and monitor investments with beautiful reports.

Highlights
  • Apple Pay transaction import
  • Voice transaction entry
  • Split bills
  • AI-powered financial insights
  • Investment tracking
  • Shared budgets
  • Receipt scanning
Features
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Control is an elegant budgeting app designed for clarity without complexity. Its beautifully crafted interface makes managing finances feel magical. • Apple Pay transaction import • Bank notification transaction import • Add transactions by voice • Split bills when adding a transaction • Groceries list with Live Activity • Travel Mode for trip expense tracking • Work page to track hours, shifts, and pay across multiple jobs • Net worth and portfolio tracking, with prices you update yourself • Live Activities and Dynamic Island support • Ask AI - instant financial insights powered by AI • Apple Watch • Business page • Credit cards • Debt tracker • Past trips page • Wishlist shopping page • Quit Tracker for breaking habits • Interest rate for your bank deposits • Receipt scanning with camera • Add transactions by sharing a receipt, email, or webpage • Monthly/weekly/yearly and category budgets with visual progress • Investments transactions • Beautiful reports and spending insights • Wrapped - your year in review summary • Recurring payments and installment tracking • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Multiple currency support with conversion • Tags for organizing transactions • Siri Shortcuts • Custom budget start day • Rollover budget • Photos for transactions • Custom budget start day • Variable recurring payments amount • Appearance customization with themes and gradients • iCloud backup • Face ID • No ads, no tracking, no data collection Take control of your finances today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Goose

Manually log your expenses and income to gain better control over your spending. Forecast your monthly budget based on daily averages and receive warnings before overspending. Track multiple accounts with currency conversion and view detailed spending charts.

Highlights
  • Manual expense and income tracking
  • Multiple accounts with separate currencies
  • Spending forecasts and overspending warnings
  • Apple Pay shortcut for quick logging
  • Custom categories and subcategories
  • Weekly, monthly, and category charts
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Money doesn’t vanish. It slips away, one small expense at a time. Goose is a manual expense tracker: you type each expense yourself, in a few seconds. That tiny act is the whole point - what you write down, you remember. What you remember, you control. TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR SPENDING No bank logins. No feed of transactions you scroll past and forget. You add the coffee, the taxi, the groceries - and your month stops being a mystery. KNOW WHAT’S LEFT THIS MONTH Goose takes your average daily spending and projects it across the rest of the month, so you can see where you’re likely to end up. Not a verdict at the end of the month - a number that updates every day, while you can still do something about it. APPLE PAY, WITHOUT THE TYPING Set it up once, and after every Apple Pay purchase, Goose opens with the amount and merchant already filled in. One tap to save. Manual tracking, minus the typing that makes people quit. ADD EXPENSES IN SECONDS Amount, category, done. Add income and expenses in just a few taps. Add a note if you want one, or skip it if you don’t. TRACK MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS Cash, card, savings - each account in its own currency, with every balance in one place. TRANSFERS WITH AUTOMATIC CURRENCY CONVERSION Move money between your accounts, even in different currencies. Goose automatically applies the exchange rate, so both sides stay accurate. GET WARNED BEFORE OVERSPENDING Set a budget for an account or a single category. Goose warns you as you’re adding the expense - not the morning after. SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES Weekly and monthly charts show your spending by category, monthly net, daily average, and biggest categories. Filter your history by type, category, or date to find any transaction fast. WHAT’S INSIDE - Manual expense and income tracking - Multiple accounts with separate currencies - Transfers with automatic exchange rates - Monthly spending forecasts based on your daily average - Budgets for accounts and categories, with overspending warnings - Custom categories and subcategories with icons - Weekly, monthly, and category charts - Full transaction history with filters - Apple Pay Shortcut for one-tap logging - Light and dark themes - English and Russian FREE AND PRO The free version includes one account, unlimited history, one account budget, and monthly reports for the last three months. Pro unlocks unlimited accounts, monthly reports for every month you've tracked, budgets for every category, and subcategories. Pro is $2.99 per month or $19.99 per year. A FEW HONEST NOTES Goose uses Sign in with Apple, so your data follows you to any device where you sign in with the same Apple Account. An internet connection is required to save new entries. There are no ads, and Goose never asks for your bank credentials. Geese are famously good at noticing things and loudly telling you about them. This one only does it about your budget. Add your first expense. By the end of the week, you’ll already see the shape of your month. Privacy Policy: https://kolkovsky.app/goose/privacy Terms of Use: https://kolkovsky.app/goose/terms

Screenshots

Control4 screens
Goose4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Goose at 5.0 against Control's 4.3. Control's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Control sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Goose sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Goose holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Control's written reviews are positive against 100% of Goose's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Control ships an update every 3 days, Goose fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Control versus Goose: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControlGoose
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (11 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex Patrick PalaceanIvan Kalkouski

Customer experience

Control

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%

Goose

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Control

Subscriptions2
  • Control Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Control Club$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime payment$17.99
2 purchases

Goose

Subscriptions2
  • Goose Pro$2.991 Month
  • Goose Pro$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Goose free?
Goose is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Control or Goose?
Goose is rated higher. Control averages 4.3 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Goose averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Control or Goose have ads?
Neither Control nor Goose shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Control or Goose?
Control ships an update every 3 days, and Goose fortnightly. Most recently, Control was updated on October 24, 2026 and Goose on October 24, 2026.

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